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The Strong-Willed Child | 
 enlarge | Author: James C. Dobson
Publisher: Living Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 260544
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0842359249
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780842359245
ASIN: 0842359249
Publication Date: September 8, 1992
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Dr Dobson's invaluable advice has reached more than one million families, helping parents effectively discipline headstrong children without breaking their spirit.
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 Great Book... September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All of you idiots who think that this book is about beating your kid obviously don't know how to read. Dr. Dobson says that SOMETIMES it is necessary and also says shows you how to discipline while NOT taking your child's spirit. Just because you don't agree with spanking DOES NOT mean you need to bash the rest of the very good advice he gives. He has excellent insight to the strong willed child. All of you naysayers obviously have never had the pleasure of figuring out the delicate line of disciplining a strong willed child while not squashing the wonderful personalities they have. I struggle everyday with my daughter because she is so streng willed....but I have to teach her how to use that strong will in a positive way and not impulsively.
Very informative January 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the translated version (Chinese). It is a wonderful book and I've learned a lot from it. I used some of the recommendations on the kids in the nursery where my wife and I volunteer and they worked!
Some reviewers mentioned only about the spanking which covers a very small portion of the book. In any case, I personally don't believe the author meant to tell the parents to beat the crap out of their children. I think he meant to say that children sometimes need discipline and a little spanking on the [...] or hand might do the trick, especially when dealing with strong willed children, the target of this book. Take myself for example: I was a very strong-willed child, my father seldom punished me but, I still remember vividly one incident, even after 40+ years. When I was about 4-5 years old, once he gave me a slap on my hand when I said some pretty nasty thing to my elder half sister (from my mother side). I was more in shock than in pain from the slap but, needless to say, I learned the lesson and never made that same mistake again.
One of my close relatives spoils their only, also strong-willed, child exactly the same way as described in the book. The kid is now 27 years old, living with his parents and having problems holding on to a job, again, exactly like what the book describes.
Love comes in different forms and kids come with different personalities. The parents are responsible for figuring out the "right" way, spanking or no spanking, to teach their children. This book merely suggests methods that worked before.
On a side not, Dr. Gynthia Ulrich Tobias has authored several books dealing w/ how to bring up children of different personalities, also very informative.
BTW, we DO NOT spank the children in the nursery.
What's wrong with discipline?? August 29, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have a spanking spoon. I don't beat my children with it. Rather they get one solid pat on the behind when they are out of control...which is not common. My children are not afraid of me or my hand. They do not like the spanking spoon and almost always correct their behavior when they get the warning. I was spanked as a child and I love and respect my parents so much that I hate being away from them. As a young adult I always reflected on how my choices would affect not only my life, but my parent's feelings. They tried very hard to guide me and my sisters in the right direction and I am thankful that they loved me enough to discipline me when I needed it. Dr. Dobson does not advocate beating your children....obviously some folks can't see past the politically correct world view to read what the man is teaching. Honestly, if you really think that by providing boundaries for your kids is somehow limiting their ability to think for themselves or to be creative then maybe you should look at some of the great minds of the past. A time where corporal punishment was the norm. BUT, in contrast take a good look at what you're allowing your children to idolize, to be influenced by, and to emulate and you'll see what a world that is free of guidance and discipline is about. Thankfully for my family, Dr. Dobson is a friend and not an enemy.
 Sick Book August 20, 2007
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is sick. If you don't remember what it was like to be a child: needy, defenseless, and full of bouncy energy-don't have children if you don't even care to try to remember. Don't have children if you don't "have the time or the energy". Raising kids isn't like raising plants or fish. Grow up yourself(irrespective of age) before you bring some defenseless person into this world who expects to be loved and cherished by you(ALL THE TIME). If you don't like being "on demand" all the time, kids aren't for you. Why have kids??? They aren't a requirement for initiation into adulthood. Why have kids and then hurt them? Any "parent" who is attracted to a book like this needs to question their own level of maturity, and their own desire to have children. This book is sick.
Dobson advocates hurting children, use Dr Spock instead July 27, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm 22 years old and recently found out my parents raised me according to this book. Violence is not tolerated in our society except on children. To this day I have flashbacks to my childhood when my parents would hit me (probably ages 3-10). You can sugar coat the word however you want but spanking is using physical force/violence. I remember feeling so small and weak and terribly afraid when my parents would hit me. Today as an adult I look at young children and the thought of hitting them horrifies me. The idea that using physical force/violence upon a tiny child to get them to behave is harmful to society. Dr. Spock is a much better resource on how to raise kids without using violence. Good behavior should not come from fear of pain, it should come because you like people, want to get along with them, want them to like you. Nowhere else in society is violence tolerated. I don't trust my parents because they still advocate spanking and I would never let them alone with my future kids.
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